(Zaman Alwasl)- Syrian regime forces have recaptured northern districts of al-Mleiha town east Damascus, a week after breaking the siege on the embattled town by rebels, freeing 700 besieged fighters, activists said. For over 6 months, Assad’s...

(Reuters) - Iraq's president named a new prime minister to end Nuri al-Maliki's eight year rule on Monday, but the veteran leader refused to go after deploying militias and special forces on the streets, creating a dangerous political showdown in Baghdad. Washington, which...

(Reporting by Abdullah Raja; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) A member of the Central Committee of the Palestinian Fatah movement and Chief negotiator, Dr. Nabil Shaath, revealed to Zaman Alwasl that negotiation team to Cairo would not compromise and let...

(Reuters- Exclusive) - Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday. Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said the Sunni militants had also buried alive some...